General Rohan De Silva Daluwatte, WWV, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP (9 May 1941 – 27 August 2018) was a senior officer of the Sri Lanka Army.

[1][2][3][4] Daluwatte was born in Ambalangoda, a coastal town in the south of Sri Lanka, to D. H. Paulis De Silva, a planter and former athlete; and D. W. Leela Somawathie.

[7] [8] On 1 May 1996, he was appointed the 14th Commander of the Army of Sri Lanka by President Chandrika Kumaratunga and promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General.

[9] The early part of his tenure saw the loss of Mullaitivu and Operation Sath Jaya which captured Kilinochchi.

It was called off by President Kumaratunga after having captured Mannakulam, Omanthai and Nedunkerny, but losing Kilinochchi and failing in achieving its objective.

[5] After his retirement, he was appointed Chairman of the newly created Joint Operations Bureau, however he was reinstated to active service with the formation of the post of Chief of Defence Staff.

During his tenure, he was given authority over all Sri Lankan armed forces to coordinate efforts to stall the LTTE offensive on the Jaffna peninsula following the loss of Elephant Pass.

This was achieved with the establishment of the Muhamalai and Nagarkovil defensive lines which remained in place till the last days of the conflict in 20??.

[11][7] Daluwatte offered his resignation in September 2000 following casualties suffered by Sri Lankan security forces in an offensive.